Lieutenant Cummins and Bettio were drowned
in the wreckage of the non-rigid airship J-3, which went to search for
survivors of the Akron. They were forced down in the sea off Beach
Haven, New Jersey, Tuesday afternoon.
CUMMINS, DAVID ELCDR US NAVYWORLD WAR IDATE OF BIRTH: 01/18/1894DATE OF DEATH: 04/07/1933BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE 9607SS